Golf-club holder.



S. LOW & G. H; KIRBY.

GOLF CLUB HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27,1913.

1,092,729; Patented Apr. 7, 19m

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STANLEY LOW AND CHARLES HABRYISIRBY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

GOLF-CLUB HOLDER.

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Application filed January 27, 1913: Serial No. 744,490.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, STANLEY Low and CHAnLEs HARRY KIRBY, both subjects of the Kin of Great Britain, both residing in don, England, and whose post-oilice address is Westminster House, Great Smith street, Westminster, in the county of London, England, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Club Holders, of which-the following is a specification.

In carrying golf clubs in ordinary golf bags, the handles are apt to rub against one another and also may be injured by coming in contact with the metal heads of other clubs, so that the handles, or binding or covering of the handles become rubbed, loose orcut, causing inconvenience to the layer. In addition, in'wet weather the iandles of the clubs are liable to rub against the wet club heads making them slippery and difficult to hold. It has been proposed to overcome these objections by constructing a ba' longitudinally divided into a number of fixed or removable long pockets each adapted to accommodate the shaft of p a club, each pocket being held distended at its mouth by a metal or other ring, fastened in position by sewing or otherwise or by other means.

The present invention relates to an improved golf club holder serving to keep the clubs separate and protect them from injury. 'The improved holder may be constructed with or without an inclosing case, and when made without a case, it can be utilized as an auxiliary to an ordinary golf bag to eifect the same purpose. g

It also relates to a s ecial arrangement of the holder in the golf ba or inclosing case, so as to allow of this ing divided into two or more compartments which can be utilized for carryin -balls, golf boots, or other articles. The holder may be provided with the usual shoulder strap for carrying purposes.

The invention will'be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which- 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a golf club holder constructed according to this invention and provided with an inclosing' case; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the holder in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the top and bottom parts of a holder showing one way in which the separate pockets or compartments may be arranged held in position when the holder is utilized as an auxiliary to an ordinary golf bag; Fig. 4 1s a erspective view of the top part of an ordinary golf be or an inclosin case with a portion of tie auxiliary part siown in Fig. 3 attached; and Fig. 5 1s a perspective view of the lower part of a holder showing a modified arrangement.

The holder comprises a number of separate pockets or compartments a which may be parallel as in Fig. 3 or inclined to the ends of the holderand converge toward one another in the downward direction as depicted m Fig. 5; each golf club can thus be placed in a separate compartment and kept quite free from rubbing against the neighboring clubs. The holder may be provided with a partition wall A, Fig. 5, so that when usedas an auxiliary to a olf bag or lnclosing case, a chamber devoid of clubs is constituted within the bag. The separate compartments can be made of leather, canvas, seamless hose piping or any suitable material and are aliixed to a top plate 6 proyided with suitable holes, the axes of wluch holes may, like the compartments in Fig. 5, converge toward one side of the holder. The compartments are attached to a bottom plate 0 which may form the bottom of the holder. Each or one or more of the separate compartments 1: may be provided with means, such as spring clips 03, Fig. 3, by which it can be temporarily affixed to the bottom plate 0. When the holder is used in conjunction with an inclosing side wall A of suitable material the top and bottom plates 6 and a may be fixed to the wall A by stitching, riveting or in any suitable manner, or detachably secured as by straps.

A hood or cover it may be permanently attached to the wall A as denoted in broken lines, Fig. 2, or made detachable and carried either in a pocket provided at the side of the wall, or within the inclosing wall itself,

-an opening a with flap door 7' and fastcnings I: being provided on the wall A to allow of this. A pocket Z may be provided for carrying the balls, and a ring m and socket n for holding an umbrella or walking stick may be attached to the outside of the wall or case A.

The lncloslng case or bag A may be divided into two chambers by means of a pared, when the auxiliary is withdrawn or is not used, has separate compartments one for accommodating the clubs, the other for olf boots or ot ier articles. When the liolder is to be used with a bag that already possesses a partition wall as just referred to,

a partition wall in the holder is unnecessary.

When the holder is used as an auxiliary for ordinary golf bags, the top and bottom plates b and 0 with the separate compart- -ments a are made of such a size that they can be inserted into the bag, which serves as an. inclosing case. The bottom plate of the holder would rest on the end or bottom of the bag, the top plate of the holder being fastened to the bag by any suitable means, such as by straps e in Fig. 3, which may be affixed to the end plate and engage in holes provided for the purpose on the bag. In Fig. 4, such straps engage in holes under the rim of the bag around which they are fastoned.

The improved ba or auxiliary holder may be composed o a certain number of fixed compartments and a certain number of detachable compartments, or they may be all fixed or detachable.

The upper parts of the separate compartments a are preferably fixed to the top plate holder "consistin b in such a way as to protect the edges of the fabric of which they are composed such as by stitching their edges bet-ween the two leathers constituting the top plate as shown at f, (Fig. 3). In the case of the detachable compartments the upper parts are preferably aflixed to rings held in position by making the holesfinthe upper leather larger than the holes in the under leather of the top plate, thus forming a countersunk hole as shown at g, in which the rings engage, so that any or all the compartments can be removed if desired. I

Having thus described the nature of our said invention and the best means 'we know of carrying the same into practical effect, we claim 1. A golf bag comprising'in combination an inclosing case having? body wall, a club of a ottom plate, a top plate having a p urality of a ertures, a plurality of open-ended flexi 1e club-receptacles connecting the top and bottom plates, said receptacles arranged each with an end in register with an a erture in the top plate, and. means for securing the holder in position within the inclosing case.

2. A golf bag comprising in combination, an open-mouthed inclosing case consisting of a body wall and a bottom wall, a club holding device consisting of a top plate having a plurality of apertures, a plurality of open ended club receptacles of flexible material connected with the top plate and arranged each with an end in register with" an aperture in the top plate, means for securing the top plate to the body wall and means for detachably securing a receptacle end to the bottom wall of the case.

3. A golf bag comprising in combination, an inclosing case consisting of a body wall and an end wall, a removable club holder consisting of a bottom plate adapted to bear on said end wall, a top plate having a plurality of apertures, a plurality of openended tubular club-receptacles of flexible material connecting the top and bottom plates, said receptacles arranged each with an end in register with an aperture in the top plate, and means for detachably securing the holder-in position within the inclosing case.

4. A golf club bag comprising in combination an apertured side wall constituting an inc osing case, a partition wall secured within the case to the said side wall and forming compartments in the case, one compartment communicating with one end of the case and another communicating with an aperture in the side wall, a closing device for said aperture carried by the wall, a pocket member attached to the inner surface of said side wall and having a mouth communicating with a second aperture therein and means carried by the said side wall adapted to close said second aperture, a club holder disposed within one of said compartments and comprising a top plate, a bottom plate, a plurality of open-mouthed clubreceptacles having their lower ends attached to the bottom plate and their mouths communicating each with an aperture in the top plate, the axes of the receptacles being arranged at an inclination to the said top plate and in a manner to converge toward one another in a downward direction ing case, a partition wall secured within the case to the said side wall and an end plate forming compartments in the case, one compartment communicating with one end of the case and another communicating with an aperture in the side wall, a closing device for said aperture carried by the wall, a pocket member attached to said side Wall and having a mouth communicating with a second aperture therein and means carried by the said side wall adapted to close said second aperture, a removable club holder disposed within one of said compartments and comprising a top plate, a bottom plate, a plurality of open-mouthed club-receptacles having their lower ends attached to the bottom plate and their mouths communicating each with an aperture in the top plate the axes of the receptacles being arranged at an inclination to the said top plate and in a manner to converge toward one another in a downward direction, and means, for securing said holder to the inclosing case.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the 'presence 7 

